The American Menu

1902-1909 A little over two decades ago, staffers for an incoming president searched for White House menus from the turn of the last century...

The White House,  1885  President Chester A. Arthur was a tall and fashionably-dressed metropolitan who enjoyed the finer things in life. On...

The South and West  April 14 – May 15, 1891   In the spring of 1891, two years after being in office, President Benjamin Harrison embarked o...

Springfield, Mass. T his menu comes from the Massasoit House in Springfield, Massachuse tts on April 16, 1865. It was Easter Sunday—150...

Washington, D.C.  1865  During the first week of March 1865, the celebratory mood in Washington contrasted sharply with that in Richmo...

The White House 1961-1963   Flashbulbs popped on the night of the Pre-Inaugural Gala as Jacqueline Kennedy emerged from a townhouse in...

Cincinnati,  1908  This daily menu from the Sinton Hotel in C incinnati reflects the city's exuberant mood  o n July 28, 1908, whe...